Journal-box.



No. 693,4". Patented Feb. [8, I902.

. a. w. LEWIS.

JOURNAL Box.

(Application filed Oct. 80, 1901.)

(No Model.)

I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE \VASHINGTON LEWIS, OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO OAMILLUS ALBERT NASH, OF NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.

JOURNAL-BOX.

SPECIFIGATIONforming art of Letters Patent No. 693,411, dated February 18, 1902. j

Application filed October 30, 1901. Serial No. 80,553. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE WASHINGTON LEWIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portsmouth, in the county of Norfolk and State of Virginia, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in J ournal- Boxes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to axle or journal boxes, and more especially to those which are for use in connection with railway-cars; and

- the object of the invention is to provide a safety stop-key or gib for holding the wedge and bearing piece or brass in place and permitting the ready removal and renewal there: of. In accomplishing this object the key or gib is permanently attached to the journal-box and cannot be entirely removed therefrom, whereby the possibility of the key or gib becoming misplaced or lost when withdrawn for taking out defective bearing-pieces-or brasses and renewing same is avoided. I

e The invention consists in'a'stop-key or gib for journal-boxes fitted-to slide inopenings in the box and'having a locking-pin permanently attached to it and adapted to engage a portion of the box to lock the -key or gib in place and to be disengaged from the box to permit the. said key or gib to be withdrawn,

- plication of my invention, the journal and the key or gib being in elevation. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section taken substantially in the plane of line A B, Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow, the locking-pin being in elevation, and showing indotted lines the key or gib withdrawn. Fig; 3 is a-detail View in perspective of the stop-key or gib, and

Fig. 4 is an elevation of the locking-pin de tached.

My invention is applicable to any of the well-known or approved j ou rnal-boxes wherein a brass or bearing-piece and a wedge are I used, and as an illustration of its-application I have shown in the drawings a journal-box of the construction shown'in Letters Patent No. 654,116, granted July 17,1900, to me'and LeRoy O. Godwin, and in which- 1 is the bottom of. the box; 2, the journal;

3, the side walls; 4, the oil or lubricant 'containing pockets; 5, the curved front wall,

with the overhanging or inturned lip 6. 7 is the inner upwardly-curved rear wall, and 8.

the journal-opening extending through the inner rear wall 7 and the outer rear wall 9.

10'is the usual pocket'for the reception of the q I dust-guard 11. l2'is the bearing-piece or brass, and 13 is the wedge, provided with the notch or other device 14, by which the wedge may be engaged for removal.

gib 16 of substantially the form shownin Fig.

15is-the top of the box, allof which parts may be ashere-- tofore, although I do not limit my invention toit's use in any particular kind of box. I In carrying out this invention and in order r to hold the wedge,and consequently the brass or bearing, in place I provide a stop-key or 3, which is secured to the box in such a mans nor that it can be easily withdrawn from in front of the Wedgefor the removal of the Wedge and brass-or bearing, but which can not beentirely withdrawn or in anyway detached from the box in ordinary use,

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the'stop-key or- I gib 16 is fittedto slide in openings 17jand 18 l in the side walls 3 of the box, andpreferably and as shown in the patent 'hereinbefore referredto said stop-key or gib is also fitted to 1 slide in a seat 19, formed in the under side; The. openings 17;; Q and 18 are preferably made of T shape, for r a purpose presently appearingand as shg vlvlmv of the top 15 of the box.

by reference to the opening 18, Fig. 1'.

opening 18 instead of beingopen clear through the side wall, as is the opening 17, has its lower portion 20 closed by the inner end of an car 21, (see Fig. 2,) formed on or 'con structed integrally with the side wall of the box and projecting laterally therefrom, substantially at right angles to and in line with the opening 18. The car 21 is provided with a hole or perforation 28 for a purpose pres ently appearing.

As clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the stop key orgib 16 is provided at one end with a stoplug 23, thereby forming a T-shaped end on said key or gib to correspond or register with the openings 17 and 18 in the side walls of the box. The stop-key or gib at its other end is provided with a hole or perforation 24, having a countersunk portion 25.

26 is a locking-pin arranged in the hole in the stop-key or gib and having its lower end enlarged or upset to form a head 27 to fit and slide within the hole or perforation 28 in the car 21 and also to fit within the countersunk portion 25 of the hole or perforation in the key or gib 1G, and thus prevent the said pin from being entirely withdrawn from said key or gib. The locking-pin 26 may have its other end suitably formed with an enlargement 29 to serve as a grasp or fingerhold for manipulating the pin and also to prevent the escape of the pin through the hole or perforation in the key or gib.

In assembling the parts as thus constructed the stop-key or gib 16 is first placedin the box by passing its leading or perforated end through the openings 17 and 18 until it extends outside the box adjacent the ear 21, and then the locking-pin 26 is inserted in the hole or perforation in the end of the stop-key or gib 16 and its end 29 enlarged or otherwise formed or equipped to effect its permanent attachment to the stop-key or gib, so that it cannot be detached therefrom, and thereby the possibility of losing said pin is avoided.

In Fig. 2 I have shown in full lines the stopkey or gib in place for holding the wedge and brass or hearing in position-that is to say, the said stop-key or gib is arranged with its hole or perforation and the locking-pin 26 registering with the hole or perforation 28 in the ear 21 and the locking-pin dropped down through said perforation 28, thereby locking the stop-key or gib against lateral movement. In this position. it will be observed that the T or stop lug end of the stop-key or gib registers with and snugly fits and closes the opening 17 in the side wall of the box, and thus excludes dust and dirt from entering the box through such opening. So, also, it will be observed that the upper portion of the T- opening 18 in the other side wall of the box is closed by the key or gib fitting snugly therein. Should it be desired to remove the brass or bearing, it is only necessary to raise the locking-pin 26 until its headed end 27 passes through the perforation or hole 28 in the ear 21 and enters the countersunk portion 25 of the hole or perforation in the key or gib 16, when the locking-pin and gib are free to he slid over the ear 21 and the key or gib withdrawn from the box until its stop: lug 23 reaches and enters the lower portion 20 of the T-shaped opening 18, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The key or gib is thus prevented from further movement and is locked against removal from the box by the engagement of the stop-lug 23 with the inner end of the lug or car 21, which, as hereinbefore stated, closes said lower portion 20 of the opening 18. The brass or bearing can then be removed in the usual manner, and when replaced the parts are again returned to the position shown in full lines, Fig. 2. The key or gib is prevented from removal or detachment from the box in the opposite direction by the locking-pin 26.

I have herein shown and described the openings 17 and 18 in the side walls of the box as being T-shaped and the stop-lug end of the stop-key or gib correspondingly shaped; but I do not wish to be understood as limiting my invention to this particular shape, as the same may be varied and still be within the scope of my invention, it being understood that the openings 17 and 18 will be such as to receive the stop-lug and gib whatever their shape may be. Furthermore, I do not wish to be understood as limiting my invention to other details of construction herein particularly described, as they also may be altered in various particulars and still be within the scope of my invention. In any case it will be observed that all of the parts of the stopkey or gibthat is to say, the key or gib itself and its attached locking-pin will be permanently afiixed to the box, and consequently there will be no danger of losing any of the parts of said stop-key or gib when the same is unlocked and withdrawn for the purpose of removing the wedge and brass or hearing to replace a defective hearing by a new one.

What I claim is-- 1. A stop-key or gib, for a journal-box, fitted to slide in openings in said box, and provided with a stop-lug on one end adapted to prevent the entire Withdrawal of said stopkey or gib, and a movable locking-pin permanently attached to said stop-key or gib and adapted to engage a portion of the box to lock the said key or gib in place, and to be disen gaged from the box to permit the withdrawal of the key or gib, substantially as described.

2. A journal-box, provided with openings in its side walls, combined with astop-key or gib fitted to slide in said openings, and provided with a stop-lug on one end adapted to enter and pass through one of said openings and to engage a closed portion of the other of said openings to prevent the entire withdrawal of said stop-key or gib, and a lockingpin movably fitted to the other endof said stop-key or gib and adapted to engage a portion of the box to lock said stop-key or gib in place, and to be disengaged therefrom to permit the withdrawal of the stop-key or gib, substantially as described.

3. A journal-box, provided with openings in its side walls, and an ear adjacent one of said openings and closing a portion thereof, combined with a stop-key or gib fitted to slide in said openings and provided with a stoplug on one end, adapted to enter and pass through one of said openings and to engage the closed portion of the other of said open- IIO ings to prevent the entire withdrawal of said stop-key or gib, and a locking-pin movably fitted to the other end of said stop-key or gib, and adapted to engage the said ear to lock the said stop-key or gib inplace, and to be disengaged therefrom to permit the withdrawal of said stop-key or gib, substantially as described.

4. A journal-box, provided with openings in its side walls, and a perforated ear adjacent one of said openings and closing a por tion thereof, combined with a stop-key or gib fitted to slide in said openings, and provided with a stop-lug on one, end adapted to enter and pass through one of said openings and to engage the closed portion of the other of said openings to prevent the entire withdrawal of said stop-key or gib, there being a countersunk hole or perforation in the other end of said stop-key or gib, and a locking-pin mov ably arranged in said countersunk hole or perforation, and provided with a heador enlargement adapted to fit said countersunk hole or perforation and to enter said perforated ear, whereby said locking-pin may be engaged with and disengaged from said ear, and permanently retained in said stop-key or gib, substantially as and for the purpose described. p

5. A stop-key or gib, having a stop-lug at one end and a countersunk hole at its other end, combined with a journal-box having openings in opposite sides corresponding in shape with the lug end of the key or gib, a laterally-projecting ear on one side of the box partly closing one of saidopenings, and a locking-pin permanently applied to said key or gib and adapted "to be engaged with and disengaged from said ear, substantially as described. p Y

In testimony whereof I have hereunto'set \my hand this 28th day of October, A. D. 1901.

GEORGE WASHINGTON LEWIS. 

